| PART I.—FORWARDING. | PAGE |
| CHAPTER I. Folding: Refolding — Machines — Gathering | 3–8 |
| CHAPTER II. Beating and Rolling: Machines | 9–12 |
| CHAPTER III. Collating: Interleaving | 13–19 |
| CHAPTER IV. Marking up and Sawing in | 20–23 |
| CHAPTER V. Sewing: Flexible — Ordinary | 23–32 |
| CHAPTER VI. Forwarding: End Papers — Cobb Paper — Surface Paper — Marbled Paper — Printed and other Fancy Paper — Coloured Paste Paper | 33–36 |
| CHAPTER VII. Pasting up | 36–37 |
| CHAPTER VIII. Putting on the End Papers | 38–41 |
| CHAPTER IX. Trimming | 41–44 |
| CHAPTER X. Gluing up | 45–46 |
| CHAPTER XI. Rounding | 46–48 |
| CHAPTER XII. Backing | 48–51 |
| CHAPTER XIII. Mill-boards | 51–57 |
| CHAPTER XIV. Drawing-in and Pressing | 57–59 |
| CHAPTER XV. Cutting | 59–66 |
| CHAPTER XVI. Colouring the Edges: Sprinkled Edges — Colours for Sprinkling — Plain Colouring — Marbled Edges — Spot Marble — Comb or Nonpareil Marble — Spanish Marble — Edges — Sizing | 67–77 |
| CHAPTER XVII. Gilt Edges: The Gold Cushion — Gold Knife — Burnishers — Glaire Water or Size — Scrapers — The Gold Leaf — Gilt on Red — Tooled Edges — Painted Edges | 78–83 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. Head-Banding | 83–86 |
| CHAPTER XIX. Preparing for Covering: lining up | 87–90 |
| CHAPTER XX. Covering: Russia — Calf — Vellum or Parchment — Roan — Cloth — Velvet — Silk and Satin — Half-bound Work | 90–97 |
| CHAPTER XXI. Pasting Down: Joints — Calf, Russia, etc. | 97–100 |
| CHAPTER XXII. Calf Colouring: Black — Brown — Yellow — Sprinkles — Marbles — Tree-marbles — Dabs | 100–108 |
| PART II. — FINISHING. CHAPTER XXIII. Finishing: Tools and Materials required for Finishing — Polishing Irons — Gold-rag — India-rubber — Gold-cushion — Gold Leaf — Sponges — Glaire — Cotton Wool — Varnish — Finishing — Morocco — Gold Work — Inlaid Work — Porous — Full Gilt Back — Run-up — Mitred Back — Pressing — Graining — Finishing with Dry Preparation — Velvet — Silk — Vellum — Blocking | 111–153 |
| GENERAL INFORMATION. CHAPTER XXIV. Washing and Cleaning: Requisites — Manipulation — Dust — Water Stains — Damp Stains — Mud — Fox-marks — Finger-marks, commonly called “Thumb-marks” — Blood Stains — Ink Stains (writing) — Ink Stains (Marking Ink, Silver) — Fat Stains — Ink — Reviving Old Writings — To Restore Writing effaced by Chlorine — To Restore MSS. faded by time — To Preserve Drawings or Manuscripts — To fix Drawings or Pencil Marks — To render Paper Waterproof — To render Paper Incombustible — Deciphering Burnt Documents — Insects — Glue — Rice Glue or Paste — Paste — Photographs — Albumen — To Prevent Tools, Machines, etc., from Rusting — To Clean Silver Mountings — To Clean Sponges | 157–172 |
| GLOSSARY | 173 |
| INDEX | 181 |
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